Seeing the Unseen: The Structural Influence of the Lone Pair Electrons in PbWO4

BG Mullens, FP Marlton, MK Nicholas… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of the scheelite-type material PbWO4 reveals
previously unidentified short-range structural distortions in the PbO8 polyhedra and WO4 …

Insight into the Fergusonite–Scheelite phase transition of ABO4-type oxides by density functional theory: a case study of the subtleties of the ground state of BiVO4

T Liu, X Zhang, J Guan, CRA Catlow… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
BiVO4 (BVO) is an important photocatalytic and ferroelastic material. It has been extensively
studied using density functional theory (DFT). However, on optimization, at a commonly …

Proton conductivity in multi-component ABO 4-type oxides

AAA Elameen, A Dawczak, T Miruszewski… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This work investigates how configurational entropy in oxides could affect proton conductivity.
For this purpose, three samples of different elemental compositions are synthesized. Five …

Beyond the ionic radii: A multifaceted approach to understand differences between the structures of LnNbO4 and LnTaO4 fergusonites

BG Mullens, M Saura-Múzquiz, FP Marlton… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction methods have been used to obtain accurate structures
of the lanthanoid tantalates, LnTaO 4, at room temperature. Three different structures are …

Neutron diffraction study of the monoclinic–tetragonal phase transition in NdNbO 4 and NdTaO 4

M Saura-Múzquiz, BG Mullens… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phase transition and high-temperature properties of NdNbO4 and NdTaO4 were studied in
situ using powder neutron diffraction methods. Both oxides undergo a reversible phase …

Enhanced acceptor concentration, proton conductivity, and hydration in multicomponent rare‐earth ortho‐niobates

A Dawczak, W Skubida… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The structural properties of (La0. 2Nd0. 2Sm0. 2Gd0. 2Eu0. 2) 1− xCaxNbO4− δ (x= 0–0.05)
series have been studied by X‐ray powder diffraction at room temperature. The thermal …

Variable Temperature In Situ Neutron Powder Diffraction and Conductivity Studies of Undoped HoNbO4 and HoTaO4

BG Mullens, M Saura-Múzquiz, G Cordaro… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Neutron powder diffraction data has been used to quantify the monoclinic (space group I
2/a) to tetragonal (I 41/a) phase transition that occurs at 775° C in HoNbO4 and 1300° C in …

Long-range A-site cation disorder in NaA (MO4) 2 (M= Mo, W) double scheelite oxides

BG Mullens, MK Nicholas, FP Marlton… - Journal of Solid State …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction methods have been used to obtain
accurate long-range average structures of some double scheelite compounds of the type Na …

Understanding band gaps of lanthanide niobates via first-principles calculations

H Xu, J Cai, W Jing, X Wei, CK Duan - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The optical properties of rare-earth niobates play a crucial role in determining their
performance as luminescent materials or host materials. In this study, we performed first …

Toxic, radioactive, and disordered: a total scattering study of TlTcO 4

BG Mullens, FP Marlton, M Saura-Múzquiz… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A detailed variable temperature neutron total scattering study of the potential nuclear waste
matrix TlTcO4 was conducted. The long-range average structure of TlTcO4 undergoes an …